{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Jesse Butler: What the Marsy's Law Fight Just Exposed","description":"A judge ordered the DA to testify. That alone tells you how this case is going. The Jesse Butler case in Stillwater, Oklahoma has now split open into three simultaneous legal battles — a criminal Marsy's Law challenge that could void his plea deal, a federal civil lawsuit alleging school officials and city employees protected him while a vulnerable student was being assaulted, and ongoing youthful offender supervision with an August expiration date that could erase everything.\n\nButler pleaded no contest to multiple felony sexual assault and strangulation charges against two high school students. He faced up to 78 years. He received community service, counseling, and daily check-ins. His father was a former football operations director at Oklahoma State and an assistant athletic director for the school district.\n\nThe victims say they were never meaningfully consulted before prosecutors finalized a deal that kept Butler out of prison. Their attorney filed a constitutional challenge. The state tried to dismiss it. The judge rejected the dismissal and scheduled an evidentiary hearing for April 13 — with the DA expected to testify as a witness, not as the prosecutor.\n\nMeanwhile, the same office is opposing youthful offender status for another Stillwater teen with less severe charges, and a federal lawsuit has named school officials who allegedly failed to enforce a protective order, intimidated the victim, and told the victim's parents not to hold a school resource officer's friendship with the Butler family against him.\n\nButler turns 19 in August.\n\nThe clock is running. The victims and their families are the only reason this case is still being examined. April 13 is the moment of truth.\n\nJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/\n\nWant to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8-vxmbhTxxG10sO1izODJg?sub_confirmation=1\n\nInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/\n\nFacebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/\n\nTik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspod\n\nX Twitter https://x.com/TrueCrimePod\n\nThis publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.\n\n#JesseButler #Stillwater #MarsysLaw #PayneCounty #OklahomaJustice #VictimRights #YouthfulOffender #TrueCrime #TCT #AccountabilityNow","author_name":"True Crime Today | Daily True Crime News & Interviews","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/5001260-true-crime-today-daily-true-crime-news-interviews","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/43570378/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}